Taft Delegates Seated as Kentucky Contests Move On
Taft delegates were seated after a Kentucky contest with Mr. Bradley facing questions over Fairbanks support. Bradley claimed he would carry Kentucky’s fifth district, while Taft attorney Blake accused him of stumping the state. Bradley declined to continue with two Kentucky contests, planning to take them to the credentials committee. He clashed with Mr. Hitchcock over the so called brace game as McKinley arrived to track Cannon’s presidential boom.
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Fairbanks
Bradley
Taft
Louisville
Kentucky
Clayton Blake
Blakely
John W. McCulloch
John W. Yerkes
Charles H. Scott
Alabama
Mr. Bradley
Mr. Hitchcock
Amos Budd's Unexpected Church Contribution
A Porterville grocer Amos Budd drops a receipt for kerosene debt into the church offering. Deacon Lane celebrates the act, believing it a blessing, only to learn the slip was not a donation but a receipted bill. The piece notes the humor of the mistaken contribution.
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Amos Budd
Porterville
Budd
Deacon Lane
Brother Budd
Mr. Budd
Taft National Committee Rivals Stir Rumors of Key Posts
The article reports on discontent within the Taft faction at the national committee and claims that no candidate will secure a first ballot nomination. It notes A B E Fisher being named assistant secretary and details rumored replacements for committee roles involving Murray Crane Harry S New C N Bliss Chas Dawes and Elmer Dover.
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Taft
A. B E. Fisher
Ohio
Frank H. Hitchcock
New
Hitchcock
Murray Crane
United States
Massachusetts
Harry S. New
Indiana
Chas. G. Dawes
Witnois
C. N. Bliss
New York
Elmer Dover
Knights Templar Meeting and Trip to Winona
Sir Knights are advised to assemble at the temple for a march to the depot at a specified early hour for travel to Winona with St John Commandery No 24. The regular meeting is scheduled for Ben Hur hall this afternoon at 2 30.
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Winona
St. John
Temple
L. A
Ben Hur Hal
Impe rial party leaves for Reval in two trains
The Imperial party departs from Peterhof at 7 30 p m with the Emperor Empress and heir to Reval. A second train carries Dowager Empress Maria Queen Olga of Greece Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch and Grand Duchess Olga from Gatchina at 9 15 p m.
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Associated Press
St. Petersburg
Reval
Alexis Nikblavitch
Peterhof
Maria
Olga
Greece
Michael Alexandrovitch
Gatchina
World Census of Jews in American Jewish Year Book
The American Jewish Year Book reports the U S Jewish population at 1 777 185, with Russia and Austria Hungary the only countries higher. Immigration to U S ports in the year ending June 30 1907 totals 134 113. The world Jewish population is 113 585 202.
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Jewish Publication Society of
Philadelphia
United States
Russia
Austria- Hungary
New York
Baltimore
British Empire
Germany
France
Italy
Morocco
Turkey
Spain
China
Netherlands
Denmark
Norway
Peru
Crete
Australia
India
South Africa
Canada
British Columbia
Egypt
Persia
New York City
Camel Ride Tale Reveals Bernhardt Echo in Desert
Susanne Despres recounts a trip between the Pyramids and the Sphinx where a Bedouin offered rides on Bismarck and Chamberlain. She, claiming French identity, chooses a camel named Sarah Bernhardt and pridefully notes the actress's fame is recognized even in the desert.
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Susanne Despres
Pyramids
Bismarck
Chamberlain
Sarah Bernhardt
Bernhardt
Bridge City Lodge K of P Holds Regular Meeting
All members of Bridge City Lodge K of P are requested to attend this evening. Work in the rank of Page and distribution of new by laws and lodge directories await, along with other important business. W. H. Hedrick K of R and S&S.
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Bridge City Lodge
K. of P
W. H. Hedrick
K. of
Owls Conduct Meeting and Dues Collection
The Owls will meet this evening at eight o'clock. All members are requested to be present as the by laws will be acted upon and dues received. G A Dreyer secretary.
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Owls
G. A. Dreyer
Sec
Boy Bitten by Dog Near City in Afternoon Incident
Eight year old John Hilderbran, son of Wilkerson Hilderbran, was bitten on the upper lip by a shepherd pup while visiting neighbor William Condon four miles south of the city. The dog had a history of not liking children and the boy received cauterization and dressing in the city.
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John Hilderbran
Wilkerson Hilderbran
William Condon
Averaging Our Years of War
The piece argues that in U S history three years of peace yield one year of war and that human nature and rivalry for wealth drive conflict. It claims the urge to fight remains when money is touched and notes some doubt about the U S entering foreign wars.
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United States
Hague Tribunal
Wanted No More Sisters
A woman recalls leaving her family of sisters and resents a friend's casual offense over shoe color. She explains anger arises from lack of presentable alternatives and being treated like a sister by a friend, prompting her vow to distance herself.
Italy Adopts Sunday as Weekly Rest Day
Italy passes a law requiring all industrial and commercial concerns to grant employees at least 24 consecutive hours of rest each week. Sunday is intended as the rest day, though freedom from work may be scheduled on a different day in certain cases. Public transit, amusements, and public utilities are exempt.
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Italy
Montenegro Builds New Capital at Antivari
Montenegro advances plans for a new capital at Antivari the Adriatic port of the present capital with Italian contractors handling the works. The ruling prince opened the project stressing Montenegro's ties to Italy and Russia and keeping Austria out, noting the site may become the terminus of Russia's Balkan line.
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Montenegro
Antivari
Italy
Russia
Austria
Balkan
Will Name Secessor New President to Be Placed on DePauw Board
Greencastle Indiana June 18 trustees in Indianapolis will elect DePauw University president next December to replace Edwin Holt Hughes recently elected a bishop and assigned to San Francisco Hughes resignation was offered but declined until successor named and Hughes remains in charge
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DePauw Board of Trustees
Greencastle
Ind
DePauw University
Indianapolis
Edwin Holt Rlughes
Methodist General Conference
Baltimore
San Francisco
Hughes
Lion's share quote from Thomas W. Lawson discussed
The broker and writer Thomas W. Lawson remarked that his share of profits was nearly invisible while his powerful partners took the lion's share. He concluded the lion's share is all the lion can get.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Party Preparations From a 19th Century Exchange
A humorous exchange advises what to bring to a house party. The items include a quart of five dollar gold pieces to tip servants, a flannel shirt, a dress suit, pajamas, and a half dozen engagement rings, framed as casual wit.
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Dashaway
Cleverton
Worship the Cow and Cow House Dairymen of the Todas
In the Nilgiri hills in southern India the Todas dedicate their lives to cow and buffalo worship. Their temple is a cow house and dairy duties are performed only by consecrated individuals. High priest then remains celibate for years, polyandry is the family rule, and divorce is unknown.
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Nilgiri Hills
India
Todas
Never Go Empty Handed
A grandmotherly exhortation echoes a mother's rule to carry something upstairs to its place. The speaker recalls how the adage guided housekeeping and urges practice of helpful, small daily duties with children.
Family puzzle story from Life magazine
A riddle-like family genealogy is described: the woman is the man’s third wife, the man is the woman’s second husband, the baby is the child of the man’s second wife by his third wife, the twins are children of the man by his first wife, the red haired girl is the woman’s child by her first husband, the boy in short trousers is the son of the man by his second wife, and the little girl by the woman’s second husband is another child of the woman by her first husband.
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Atkinson
Hughes
Great Slaughter of Wasps Anniversary in Week England
In Week, a Westmorland village, an 1841 wasp plague led to a yearly memorial. A procession gathers with insect powder and weapons to the moor, where a sermon is followed by a hunt for nests and immediate destruction using rags with turpentine, paraffin, or matches.
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Westmoreland
England
Names of Newspapers and the origins of the term
The word journal reflects day by day record keeping rather than publication frequency. The first regular newspaper is cited as the Frankfurter Journal from 1615, a weekly. Gazettes derive from gazetta a small coin indicating the name’s monetary origin.
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Frankfurter Journal
Gazetta
The Skeleton at the Feast
A superstitious man recalls a dinner turning chaotic after a cross-eyed girl paused at the telephone and stared. The waiter blunders multiply as soup spills, macaroni lacks cheese, butter and bread are forgotten, coffee freezes, and sugar is omitted.
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Cross
Rough Necks and Candy Legs to Play at Spencer Park
The Rough Necks switchmen and the Candy Legs operators on the Panhandle will play a ball game Saturday afternoon at Spencer Park. The Rough Necks will practice Thursday afternoon.
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Panhandle
Spencer Park
Roughnecks
Sol Berkenruth and Wife Leave for Cincinnati Visit
Sol Berkenruth and his wife departed last night for a trip to Cincinnati for a travel visit and sightseeing.
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Sol Berkenruth
Cincinnati
Charles House Heads Home From Missouri Visit
Charles House visits Carl and Tom Weinand of the Chili Parlor and leaves today to return to his home in Monett Missouri.
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Charles House
Carl
Tom Weinand
Chili Parlor
Monett
Missouri
Golden Chain Circle to Meet for Election of Officers
The Golden Chain Circle of King's Daughters will meet with Mrs. Jennie Rairden at 21 Horney Street this afternoon at two o'clock for officer elections for the next six months.
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Golden Chain Circle of
King’s Daughters
Jennie Rairden
Horney Street
Galloways Take Extended California Tour
R. H. Galloway chief clerk to the Panhandle division operator and Mrs. Galloway have gone to California on an extended trip. Br. Bergamin of the dispatcher's office is filling Mr. Galloway's position during the absence.
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R. H. Galloway
Panhandle
Galloway
California
Br. Bergamin
Mr. Galloway
Christian Church Ladies Reschedule Meeting
The ladies of the Christian church will meet with Mrs. Edwards this afternoon instead of Friday afternoon.
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Christian Church
Lost in the Telephone as Telephones Fall Short
Henry Abraham calculates the maximum telephone efficiency for a given pitch and measured current. The study shows substantial room for improvement as even the best telephones transmit less than a thousandth of the energy received from the line as sound waves.
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Henry Abraham
Plenty of Work As Local Option Looms
A Kansas City Times item notes a patron asks what locals will do if local option passes. Mike replies there will be plenty of work digging ditches to extend the water mains, reflecting preparations for infrastructure needs.
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Mike
Kansas
Morning papers hint at crisis as dinner set shatters
A housewife reacts to a looming China crisis while surveying a damaged dinner service. The husband reads the morning paper as the wife laments the loss of most pieces from their new dining set.
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China
Susan
The Quaker Boy and the Pennsylvania Farmstead
Isaac Sharp reflects in Atlantic on the Pennsylvania Quaker farm and homestead as a boy’s ideal training ground. He notes the Civil War era changed life, with families dispersing and immigrants replacing them, predicting the old race will largely vanish in a generation. Many men now successful in Philadelphia or elsewhere recall their boyhood as the moral and physical basis of their careers.
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Philadelphia
Isaac Sharpless
Atlantic
Names of Gipsies and Their Origins Across Cultures
The revived Gipsy Lore society notes gipsies have many names reflecting origins and traits. Egyptian, Turkish, Hungarian, French, and Persian labels stem from supposed cradle lands and characteristics. Historical terms include Old English Egyptian Spanish Gitana Magyar Pharasnepek and Zingaro among others.
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Gipsy Lore Society
Europe
Heydens
Karachi
William the Lion
Experiment with kerosene kills skeeters goes wrong
A farmer recounts Uncle Hezekiah trying a Washington circular claim that kerosene kills skeeters. He splurges for the cure, burns his whiskers, blasts his collar, and wonders if the skeeter died as the windmill repairer watches.
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Hezekiah
Washington
Uncle Hezekiah
Skeeter
Sun Baths Deemed Healthful By Cincinnati Man
Evan T. Roberts of Cincinnati credits sun baths with curing nervous prostration after a visit to Berlin. He followed doctors advice for more exercise, fresh air, and daily 40 minute sun exposure in the yard, and within weeks he says he was pronounced a well man.
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Evan T. Roberts
Cincinnati
Germany
Berlin
Handsome Stands as Rare Gendered Adjective Choice
The passage notes adjectives tied to gender in English, stating men are not called beautiful while pretty and lovely are linked to women and children. It contrasts handsome and good looking as common to both sexes and observes belle lacks a masculine counterpart. The piece traces handsome’s origin to handy and dexterous meanings.
Lost a Good Thing and a Leaving Telephone Bracket
A woman discovers a previously handy corner bracket now holds a disliked statuette after the phone is removed. The response notes the company attempted to collect the bill and the woman laments the lost calls to friends while reflecting on whom she wishes to phone.
Largest Chestnut Tree in Sicily At Etna Foot
Sicily boasts the largest tree in the world known as The Chestnut Tree of a Hundred Horses on Mount Etna’s slopes. It has five massive branches from a trunk 212 feet in circumference and a hollow capable of holding a flock of sheep. The name comes from a legend of Queen Joan of Aragon sheltering there from a storm.
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Sicily
Mount
Etna
Joan of Aragon
House Fly Declared More Dangerous Than Mosquito
Scientists now rank the common house fly as the greater threat, noting it spreads typhoid and tuberculosis germs and contaminates food with filth, unlike the mosquito which carries only a few diseases.
The Modern Hero Looks Like a Novel Hero
An impressionable girl adores his looks calling him wonderfully handsome and like a novel hero. Miss Cayenne counters that he is not a gentlemanly burglar nor an adept in slang, clarifying character.
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Miss Cayenne
Old Fashioned Doctor Says Babies Are Old Fashioned
An old generation physician with brusque manners treats a lightly ailing baby with castor oil. The mother protests that castor oil is outdated, but the doctor retorts that babies are old-fashioned things.
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Taylor
Jeweler
Wm. B. McKinley
Joseph .G. Cannon
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Knights Templar
Edward
World Census OF Jews
Countries
America
Desert
Secessor
Golden Chain Circle
Fleck
Turman’s
G. W. Coogley
Broadway
Foley Grocery
Office
Kroeger
Strain Ndertake
Casunte Dees
Strain
Trusler
Porter
T. F. Trusler
Huntington
6Th Street
White & Son
F. M. Bozer
D. D
Fourth and Broadway
City National Bank
Hendricks Bros
Market St
J. M. McKinsey
Chas. Demerly
Kraut’s
Third Street
Ae Yn Aquart
MIR & Secoed
Sa Abe
Ld Ron, Sane
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